Once you know how to add and use a Python module, you will greatly extend the capabilities of the language. A Python module is an external class or set of functions that exist outside the main file of ...

Last week, we looked at the fundamentals of Python (https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0602gearhead.html) so this week we’ll examine some of the larger ...

How does Python deal with memory management? Learn the ins and outs of Python's garbage collection system and how to avoid its pitfalls. Python grants its users many conveniences, and one of the ...

Python 3.7's dataclasses reduce repetition in your class definitions. Newcomers to Python often are surprised by how little code is required to accomplish quite a bit. Between powerful built-in data ...

Every programming language has strengths and weaknesses. Python offers many convenient programming conventions but is computationally slow. Rust gives you machine-level speed and strong memory safety ...

This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience. Dutch computer scientist Guido van Rossum decided to take on a fun little side project over the ...